Anthony Edwards is the star of the "Zero Hour."

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Bill Keveney
USA Today

ABC's "Zero Hour," debuting Thursday, is a world away from County General Hospital of "ER." And that's just the way star Anthony Edwards likes it.

"I think I knew that whatever I did would have to be as different or as special for different reasons. For me to go back into a medical drama would have been pretty ridiculous," says Edwards, who is returning to series television after leaving "ER" in 2002. "To do mystery, epic, conspiracy-type stories is about as opposite storytelling-wise as I could ...